smith, ford 15 seconds of welcome. >> yes, i would like to welcome the mayor. as we both know, san antonio is a wonderfully livable, tri-cultural city. and he has done a great job representing us in so many ways. i also want to say that i enjoyed serving with your brother in congress, who was sitting behind you as well. >> welcome to all of our witnesses, and we begin with mr. vivek wadhwa. >> thank you for letting me speak with you. being here in washington dc, everything about being here, we worry about china, whether they are going to be the road to the future. we worry about shortages and everything in the world. when you are worried about a lack of resources and china taking over the world, you become very pessimistic. you begin to wonder. are we graduating too many scientists remapped all of this is based on the perspective of yesterday. we are really worried about this, we are starting to develop a complex, wondering and we wake up and realize that maybe we can get ahead again. the united states is in the middle of another reinvention. as we speak, techn